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Successful Breastfeeding (Enid)
with Annette Schovanec
The "Breastfeeding Basics" class will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Women's Center at INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital in the OB Conference Room, which is located outside the secured Labor and Delivery unit across from the elevator. The instructors are skilled and passionate labor and delivery nurses employed by INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital Women’s Center.
Expectant moms in their 30th week of pregnancy or later are invited to register.
NOTE: Only register mom. You may bring one (1) support person.
Understanding Birth will educate and prepare participants for the following information:
- Benefits of breastfeeding, how breastfeeding works, breastmilk and milk supply
- Skills for breastfeeding: hunger cues, positions for breastfeeding and the importance of proper latch
- What to expect: common concerns and healthy lifestyle
- Pumping and milk storage: information on breast pumps and supplies.
For any further questions about your class please contact Annette Schovanec, RN, IBCLC at 580-548-1347.
Understanding Birth (Edmond)
with Angela Kersh
This is a Saturday class.
The "Understanding Birth" class will meet from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the 4th floor Women's Center at INTEGRIS Health Edmond in the Education Room which is located outside the secured unit next to the waiting room. Instructors are skilled and passionate labor and delivery nurses who are employed by INTEGRIS Health Edmond Women's Center.
NOTE: Only register one person. You may bring 1-2 support persons.
Understanding Birth is a class covering the following information:
- Pregnancy: anatomy, preeclampsia & warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, emotions, and more.
- Labor: Pain theories, 5 P's of labor, signs labor is near, onset of labor, stages of labor, and the importance of skin-to-skin contact.
- Birth Stories: Stories show how the stages of labor unfold in real life, inducing examples of natural coping techniques, partner support, medicated pain relief, and cesareans (varies by format).
- Comfort Techniques: Birth preferences, labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, labor & pushing positions, back labor, and partner advice.
- Medical Procedures: Decision-making, induction, fetal monitoring, IVs, analgesics, epidural anesthesia, labor and pushing positions with epidural, augmentation, and second-stage interventions.
- Cesarean Birth: Reasons for a cesarean, types of cesareans, risks, anesthesia, 3D animation of surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth
Each woman will receive a corresponding guidebook that contains a free downloadable app complete with all the videos from the class as well as other helpful features.
An optional tour of the unit will be given following the second class from approx 3:30 to 4. If you are not deliverying at Edmond, you may leave when class is over.
For any further questions about your class please contact Angela Kersh at 405-313-1832.
Understanding Birth (Enid)
with Tiffany Reinschmiedt
Please note that this is a two-night class.
The "Understanding Birth" class will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Women's Center at INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital in the OB Conference Room, which is located outside the secured Labor and Delivery unit across from the elevator. The instructors are skilled and passionate labor and delivery nurses employed by INTEGRIS Health Enid Hospital Women’s Center.
Only register one person. You may bring 1 support person.
Understanding Birth will educate and prepare participants for the following information:
- Understanding Pregnancy: 3rd trimester discomforts & overview, anatomy, emotions, preeclampsia, preterm labor, and more.
- Understanding Labor: The 5 P’s of labor, signs labor is near, onset of labor, stages of labor.
- Understanding Brandy’s Birth: A real life scenario to show how the stages of labor unfold.
- Understanding Comfort Techniques: Birth preferences, labor support, breathing, hydrotherapy, massage, labor & pushing positions, back labor, relaxation & visualization techniques.
- Understanding Medical Procedures: Decision-making, the difference between induction and augmentation, fetal monitoring, IVs, analgesics, epidural anesthesia, local anesthesia, spinal blocks and second-stage interventions.
- Understanding Cesarean Birth: Scheduled, unplanned & emergency cesareans, reasons for having a cesarean, common preparation for surgery, risks, anesthesia, recovery, and reducing the risk for a cesarean birth.
- Understanding Newborns: Newborn procedures, appearance, senses, SIDS, and choosing your Baby’s Healthcare Provider.
- Understanding Postpartum: Physical changes, emotions, lifestyle changes, and breastfeeding basics.
Each woman will receive a reference book that includes a free companion web app with more than 50 videos, tools, and printable checklists.
Tours of the unit will be given following the class.
Ice and water are available; bring any desired snack.
For any further questions about your class please contact Tiffany Reinschmiedt at 580-548-1347
Infant CPR
with Angela Kersh
Join us for the ABCs of CPR for infants 12 months and less. This basic class taught by an experienced LDRP nurse will focus on cardiac arrest and choking. Please enroll only one person from each family. Class includes a participant book. Each family will have one mannequin to practice on during class. Participants may bring 1 other with them. This is not a certification class.
Note: Register only one person, second person is free.
Class will meet on the 4th floor at Integris Health Edmond in the patient education room. Class lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour. Older siblings are welcome to attend as well as newborns! For further questions please contact Angela Kersh at 405-313-1832
Infant CPR
with Angela Kersh
Join us for the ABCs of CPR for infants 12 months and less. This basic class taught by an experienced LDRP nurse will focus on cardiac arrest and choking. Please enroll only one person from each family. Class includes a participant book. Each family will have one mannequin to practice on during class. Participants may bring 1 other with them. This is not a certification class.
Note: Register only one person, second person is free.
Class will meet on the 4th floor at Integris Health Edmond in the patient education room. Class lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour. Older siblings are welcome to attend as well as newborns! For further questions please contact Angela Kersh at 405-313-1832
Comfort Measures for Childbirth
with Angela Kersh
Comfort Measures class is perfect for couples who have given birth before and want a refresher or couples who have already attended Understanding Birth class and want a deeper understanding with more practice of natural coping methods. This class is created around Penny Simkin's Comfort Measures DVD and book The Birth Partner. It will be interactive for both mom and support people. This class does not include information about medical intervention or the process of labor itself, that is covered in the Understand Birth class. This class focuses on natural coping methods.
Topics include: breathing, relaxation, visualization, guided imagery, massage, counter pressure, positions for labor and pushing.
It is most effective if support people attend with mom. 1-2 per mom is welcome.
Newborn and Postpartum Care
with Angela Kersh
Please register mom only. Support person is free.
Class participants will learn common newborn characteristics, newborn proceedures during the hospital stay, benefits of rooming-in, newborn senses, the ABCs of safe sleep as well as get hands-on practice on swaddling, burping, diaper changing and bathing their infant. Physical changes mom will experience after giving birth, new parent emotions, lifestyle changes, and challenges will also be included in this fun and informative class. Class meets from 6-9pm on one week night.
Note: please only register one parent/participant, the second is free.
Ice and water will be available, feel free to bring any food or snacks with you to class.
Labor and Delivery Tour (Canadian Valley)
with JeannaLynn May
Tours are available free of charge for current or prospective patients. Please register for the tour.
Tours are offered at 11:45 a.m. the first Wednesday of every month.
Please register only one person in your party.
Class instructor JeannaLynn May, RN-BSN, CCE, brings more than 24 years of experience in labor and delivery, postpartum care and childbirth education. A board-certified childbirth educator and life coach, she has served families at INTEGRIS Health Canadian Valley Women’s Center since 2002, bringing a deep-seated, genuine passion to her classes and the families she serves.
If you have questions, email jeannalynn.may@integrishealth.org or call 405-717-7860.